REVIEW OF "KLASS" By PRITA YADAV
This novel I got from the writer Prita Yadav to get my honest reviews. Thanks a lot Prita.
This is the story of a girl Jolene Jordan who is admitted into the sports academy named "Klass" by her father who she hates to the core of her heart. The writer has tried her best to portray the life and times of the student-life in the academy in a stereotypical manner but the lucid language of the writer has made it quite interesting and readable. During the narration, the writer has been successful in bringing out the hidden talent, nature, pains and sufferings of the students; male and the female both and their family backgrounds which they come from. Obviously, some are from wealthy and cultured families whereas some, like Jolene, Jogeshwar, and Teju are from poor and broken or dysfunctional background and their frustration reflects in their actions. Emphasis has been given on the nature of Jolene, nicknamed Jo, who is arrogant, outrageous and to extent delinquent due to her family-background and wants to run away from the academy.
To know whether she's able to stay there or not and whether her behavior changes or not, I recommend that you should go through this book.
On the flip side:
There're so many. To begin with, this is tad lengthy novel. A short edition with less chapters would have been better deleting unnecessary and redundant chapters. As a rule, if a chapter is not helpful in taking the story further, it should be deleted otherwise it becomes a boring stuff. The second one is inclusion of a large number of non-contributing characters, though needed for the kind of story of a school, create confusion and disinterest in the reader. The third one is its tag line or the theme--Passion. The reader becomes curious right from the cover of the book, which could have been better, to know about the passion of the protagonist but fails to notice throughout the book which is disappointing. Anything described about the main character Jo,like her interest in writing, in history, in race etc. is revealed just by chance on different occasions. She improves slowly without any passion led by circumstances and that's where the story faltered. Telling the theme in the form of the interview of Kanchan Singh Yadav, the patron of the academy, is too late. The theme should synchronize with the main plot and not with the sub-plots, I suppose.
Yes, the writing prowess of the writer shows her 'Passion' for writing. She has a flair and a good potential for writing more books and I wish her a bright future as an author.
Overall Ratings: 3/5
RAJEEV PUNDIR
This novel I got from the writer Prita Yadav to get my honest reviews. Thanks a lot Prita.
This is the story of a girl Jolene Jordan who is admitted into the sports academy named "Klass" by her father who she hates to the core of her heart. The writer has tried her best to portray the life and times of the student-life in the academy in a stereotypical manner but the lucid language of the writer has made it quite interesting and readable. During the narration, the writer has been successful in bringing out the hidden talent, nature, pains and sufferings of the students; male and the female both and their family backgrounds which they come from. Obviously, some are from wealthy and cultured families whereas some, like Jolene, Jogeshwar, and Teju are from poor and broken or dysfunctional background and their frustration reflects in their actions. Emphasis has been given on the nature of Jolene, nicknamed Jo, who is arrogant, outrageous and to extent delinquent due to her family-background and wants to run away from the academy.
To know whether she's able to stay there or not and whether her behavior changes or not, I recommend that you should go through this book.
There're so many. To begin with, this is tad lengthy novel. A short edition with less chapters would have been better deleting unnecessary and redundant chapters. As a rule, if a chapter is not helpful in taking the story further, it should be deleted otherwise it becomes a boring stuff. The second one is inclusion of a large number of non-contributing characters, though needed for the kind of story of a school, create confusion and disinterest in the reader. The third one is its tag line or the theme--Passion. The reader becomes curious right from the cover of the book, which could have been better, to know about the passion of the protagonist but fails to notice throughout the book which is disappointing. Anything described about the main character Jo,like her interest in writing, in history, in race etc. is revealed just by chance on different occasions. She improves slowly without any passion led by circumstances and that's where the story faltered. Telling the theme in the form of the interview of Kanchan Singh Yadav, the patron of the academy, is too late. The theme should synchronize with the main plot and not with the sub-plots, I suppose.
Overall Ratings: 3/5
RAJEEV PUNDIR
